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Huawei reported half-year revenue growth of 40% while the European firm saw declining sales in the period Chinese ICT services provider again beat Swedish vendor Ericsson in terms of revenue during the first half of 2016. Huawei reported sales of 245.5 billion yuan ($36.7 billion) in the first...

The government selected 83 smart city initiatives to be implemented in 20 initial cities India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched a number of smart city initiatives under his government's Smart Cities Mission program. The government said 83 smart city initiatives will be implemented in 20...

Vodafone ends June with 52.5M LTE subscribers in 21 markets U.K.-based Vodafone Group recorded 13.37 billion pounds ($17.55 billion) in revenue for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, a decline of 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Group service revenue was 12.27 billion pounds for...

Huawei generated revenue of $36.7 billion during the period Chinese ICT solutions provider Huawei generated sales of CNY 245.5 billion ($36.7 billion) in the first half of 2016, representing an increase of 40% compared to the same period in 2015, the vendor said in a statement. The...

Kuwaiti telco Zain recently expressed interest in local 4G license China Telecom and Saudi Telecom have shown interest in acquiring a "4G" license to start operations in Egypt, international press reported citing unnamed government sources. However, Egyptian officials said neither company had made any formal offer...

1. Verizon Communications could announce a deal to buy Yahoo as soon as next week. The carrier is expected to pay around $5 billion for Yahoo's core internet business, but take a pass on the company's patent portfolio. Verizon, which already owns AOL, can...

Swedish operations accounted for 44% of Telia business Swiss telecom operator Telia – formerly TeliaSonera – posted a net profit of 1.43 billion kronor ($166.4 million) in the second quarter of 2016, down 55.8% compared to a net profit of 3.25 billion kronor in the same period...

The deal will allow Aeris to expand IoT business to India and Europe Japanese telecom operator SoftBank and U.S-based internet of things (IoT) firm Aeris have agreed to form a joint venture in Japan to provide IoT and telematics services globally using the Aeris IoT...

Companies target industrial internet of things Huawei is partnering with GE to develop solutions for the industrial internet of things. The two companies announced their partnership in Shanghai, where GE is launching an incubator for startups and software developers focused on connected machines. The companies said...

Companies target industrial internet of things Huawei is partnering with GE to develop solutions for the industrial internet of things. The two companies announced their partnership in Shanghai, where GE is launching an incubator for startups and software developers focused on connected machines. The companies said...

Telenor Group ends quarter with 211M subscribers Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor ended the first quarter of 2016 with 211 million subscribers in the 12 European and Asian markets in which it operates. During the second quarter of the year, the operator added a total of...

SoftBank’s acquisition of ARM to help accelerate much-needed internet of things standardization The "internet of things" looks to have received a massive vote of confidence as one of the boldest technology investors of the past two decades, Masayoshi Son, agreed to buy ARM Holdings, a...

Gemalto said there will be 1 billion IoT devices in the Japanese market by 2020 Dutch provider of digital security solutions Gemalto confirmed that its Cinterion LTE Cat-1  M2M module has completed interoperability testing by Japanese telecommunications operator NTT Docomo. Gemalto said that the ELS31J and...

Connected car solutions said ti allow drivers access to real-time information about traffic, navigation and emergency services Japanese telecom operator KDDI in boosting its IoT portfolio selected digital security solutions provider Gemalto to supply its LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity subscription management solution and embedded SIMs. Gemalto said...

SoftBank’s acquisition of ARM to help accelerate much-needed internet of things standardization The "internet of things" looks to have received a massive vote of confidence as one of the boldest technology investors of the past two decades, Masayoshi Son, agreed to buy ARM Holdings, a...

Connected car solutions said ti allow drivers access to real-time information about traffic, navigation and emergency services Japanese telecom operator KDDI in boosting its IoT portfolio selected digital security solutions provider Gemalto to supply its LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity subscription management solution and embedded SIMs. Gemalto said...

1. Sprint parent SoftBank is set to buy the intellectual property behind the processors inside most of the world's smartphones. The Japanese company is paying roughly $32 billion for ARM Holdings, the British company that designs the cores inside most of the processors built...

Chinese vendor sees increasing penetration for its smart city solutions including government, grid and transport applications Huawei is focusing on its safe city initiatives as the initial step before implementing large-scale smart city deployments, Joe So, head of Huawei’s global smart city initiatives, told Industrial IoT...

Chinese vendor sees increasing penetration for its smart city solutions including government, grid and transport applications Huawei is focusing on its safe city initiatives as the initial step before implementing large-scale smart city deployments, Joe So, head of Huawei’s global smart city initiatives, told Industrial IoT...

Fujitsu plans to install the Oracle Cloud platform in its Japanese data centers Fujitsu and Oracle Corporation Japan signed a strategic alliance to deliver cloud platform and services to customers in Japan and their subsidiaries around the world. Under terms of the agreement, Oracle Cloud application...

Indian operator plans to acquire 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel received approval for the acquisition of "4G" spectrum from rival operator Aircel, local press reported. The total value of the acquisition is at 35 billion rupees ($521.2...

In partnership with UnaBiz and Engie, internet of things network will be fully operational by early 2017 Sigfox, a French provider of global communications service for the “internet of things,” announced plans to deploy its dedicated IoT network in Singapore in partnership with IoT network...

In partnership with UnaBiz and Engie, internet of things network will be fully operational by early 2017 Sigfox, a French provider of global communications service for the “internet of things,” announced plans to deploy its dedicated IoT network in Singapore in partnership with IoT network...

IoT platform ThingPark China will launch commercial operations in Q3 2016 French provider of "internet of things" services Actility partnered with Foxconn Technology Group to launch ThingPark China, a collaborative initiative to deliver a comprehensive suite of IoT solutions to the Chinese market. The new initiatives...